Now you lived at the academy yourself. What does west point mean to you . Oh, thats a brutal question. It was so much a part of my life that whats that . So was there anything in new york city with the Vietnam Veterans . No, i dont think. Remarks from 1985. O rrk daddy, yes, he led that march. And that was he was very proud of that. He walked down. Was it fifth avenue . I dont know where it was, but they gave themselves a march because no one else did. Wow. Yeah. Yeah. Now, your necklace, mrs. Pope gave that to you. Yeah. This is west class ring and the then i was out visiting the hopes, wes and i, on my 50th birthday. And i wasnt a very good sport about it, about being 50. I thought i was really over the hill. And dolores gave me this which says oh, to be 50 again. And she always said she, i guess she really was my best friend and i think i was probably one of her best friends. And but she always said she was 17 years older and she always said, im old enough to be your mother. And i w
Carlson. Youre not the only carlson in your class, are you . I am not the only carlson in my class. Theres another guy with the same name, kenneth carlson, hes keith edge r. Carlson, he was a wrestler, im kenneth g. Carlson i was sort of a basketball player. Did that cause any problems for you . Absolutely. The day i reported into the gymnasium, i walked into the door with my little bag and the people who had the roster there said youve already signed in. I said, no, i havent, i just walked in the door the first time. They said kenneth carlson, you just you know are, youve already signed in. I said i really have not. And they said oh, my gosh, theres two of them, kenneth g. And keith r. So when i was in east barracks i was getting his laundry which was much too small for me and he was getting mine. So now my classmates know me as ken carlson large and he eyesed to be ken carlson small but he didnt liking that so hes now ken carlson handsome and im ken carlson large. And it works out fi
This something that you can today inspires your presents an idea that you want to go back and share with your community, please share it with the rest of the folks here as well. There are inspiration cards outside that backdoor. The folks in the blue shirts will hand you want. Dont forget to give feedback about the session. I am your moderator today. We are looking for Sustainable Solutions for problems. The 2016 election made very clear that our elections are vulnerable to foreign influence. The u. S. Intelligence community concluded with high confidence that the russian government interfered with the 2016 president ial election. According to the office of National Director of intelligence, they were trying to undermine faith in the american electoral process. This was not the first time we have seen foreign influence in u. S. Elections. There is every reason to think that the loopholes that were exploited still present for abilities for us in 2018 and beyond. There has never been a m
Thinking, we came across secretary julian castro. And who better to speak to New Hampshire Young Democrats . Our core mission is to train, recruit and elect Young Democrats. We could not think of anyone more perfect to speak to us tonight as we continue to grow, as we continue to support young candidates. As someone who at the age of 24 26 . Was a city counselor in san antonio. And at the age of 32 became mayor san antonio. Than before age 40 with secretary of housing and urban development. So he is the real deal. And on top of that, he has now dedicated himself to helping support aggressive candidates not only here in New Hampshire when across the entire country, without further to do, please hampshireounding new welcome to secretary julian castro. [applause] sec. Castro good evening. It is wonderful to be here in New Hampshire. That i was going to visit the best Young Democrats and all of the United States. [applause] sec. Castro first of all, let me say to lucas, thank you for that
And people were always astounded to think that this car was put back into service after the assassination. Would you assume either that it was destroyed or perhaps locked away in a warehouse somewhere. But the simple fact is, the president needed to have a vehicle. President johnson at that point, and there simply wasnt time go back to the drawing board and build something from scratch. The most expeditious thing to do was to rebuild this car. That said, they thoroughly rebuilt it, stripped the car down to its bear frame and put tight tainium plating under the doors, there was a special filter put into the trunk there so that if there was a gas attack it would filter and take out harmful gas to protect the president. And of course there was this large wrap around rear wind screen which at the time was the largest piece of bullet proof glass that had ever been made the. These cars from this tricky dual mission, they have to protect the president but then make him as visible as possible